mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Peak Oil?

Anything to do with transport?

Nit necessarily steam trains.

BUGGER! Nit = not.

[Irouléguy] Built or constructed? SORT OF - but, then again, not in the way I think you mean
[Phil] Mineral metal? NO ... it could be but I wouldn't like to mislead you.
[Raak] Peak Oil? NO
[Rosie] Transport? NIET

Is it bigger than a house?

[Raak] Bigger than a house? NO ... not normally, although it could be but I wouldn't like to mislead you :-)

Is it ornamental?

Is it conceptual?

An artistic representation of some kind?

[Raak] Ornamental? NO
[Graham III] Conceptual? Er ... NO
[Irouléguy] Artistic representation of some kind? NO

Could I buy one of these?

Would you see one of these in a town?

Is it a, you know, um, whaddyacallit, humanly constructed thingy?

Would you want one of these?

[Raak] Would you buy one of these? NO
[Rosie] Seen in town? YES
[CdM] Humanly constructeded? OH YES *audience applauses mainly because there's been precious little to get excited about so far in this game*
[Graham III] Would you want one of these? You might ... but you might not

add/ Talking of which, I'm wondering why the audience didn't hum and ha a bit when I answered Irouléguy's last question. They were obviously asleep. Apologs

Billboard advertising?

[Graham III] Billboard advertising? NO

A monument?

[Raak] A monument? NO

Hint: This is definitely ABSTRACT with MINERAL to help it on its way. The human connection means it's 'constructed' and used by humans rather than beasties.

Quendalon

A congeries of mineral objects?

Fictional?

Some kind of open space?

[Quendalon] A congeries [a collection?] NO
[Raak] Fictional? NO
[Rosie] Some kind of open space? NO ... but there is a kind of connection with open space.

Red Wolf

Is it a square or a plaza?

I consider them to be the same thing.

Visually appealing?

Can it be discerned by any of the five senses?

Scrap that -- if you can see it in a town, the answer is presumably yes.

[Red Wolf] Is it a square or a plaza? NOT IN THE WAY YOU MEAN ... but you are, quite possibly unwittingly, getting closer to the structure of this thing
[CdM] 5 sensage? I'm replying because the 'in a town' answer could equally have been an 'out-of-town' answer and it would be unfair to mislead you. The answer is, however, YES :-)

Second hint: Just look back at some of the questions you have all asked when presented with an ABSTRACT +.

sorry - missed your question

[Rosie] Visually appealing? It could be , but not really relevant at this stage of the game

Is there any connection to sport?

Juxtapose

Does it commonly contain 90-degree angles?

An empty plinth?

Is it entertaining?

[CdM] Sport connection? Ah. Tricky one to answer. Strictly speaking, NO ... but this line of questioning may be productive * audience nearly claps*
[Juxtapose] 90 - degree angles? YES! *audience claps*
[Raak] An empty plinth? NO
[Graham III] Entertaining? YES *audience now getting very vocal*

Are tickets sold for it?

Bigsmith

Are we talking about the surface on which a particular activity is performed?

[Raak] Tickets sold? NO not usually :-)
[Bigsmith] Are we talking surface/activity? Guessing the mineral part will probably lead to the answer, so YES

A 147 break?

[CdM] 147 break? NO

A bull ring?

[Graham III] A bull ring? NO

Re: last 2 questions. Remember - tickets are NOT sold for this particular thing.

Hmm, perhaps that doesn't have too much to do with 90 degree angles...

Parkour?

[Graham III] Parkour? NO

Hopscotch?

Hurrah hurrah

Irouléguy chucks his stone into the square and hops to victory. HOPSCOTCH is the very word on the card. Well played!

Very well done Irouléguy. I was barking up totally the wrong tree for most of that.

Thanks, G III. My thanks go to Juxtapose - it was the 90 degree angle question that helped me put it together. Throwing the jack again, we next have an ABSTRACT, with ANIMAL and VEGETABLE connections (and a few MINERALS, strictly speaking, but they're not helpful).

Animal human?

Rosie] Animal human? Yes

Is it a human construct that begins with P?

An activity?

CdM - Is it a human construct that begins with P? No (to both)
Rosie - An activity? *hum of discussion in the audience* Ye-es - although there's a case for saying that 'no' is also a valid answer.

Growth?

CdM - Growth? No

Is the vegetable paper?

Quendalon

A process?

Does this involve people meeting each other?

Is it a place?

One installation of a new home PC later - Vista's very funny looking, but I forgive it everything I'm likely to discover for how fast it loads. Questions, questions...

Raak - Is the vegetable paper? Paper isn't the primary vegetable, but it is involved (or not)
Quendalon - A process? For some people, yes
Rosie - Does this involve people meeting each other? It could do (though the opposite could also be true)
Chalky - Is it a place? No

Does it involve correspondence?

Rosie] Does it involve correspondence? It could do, but I think it usually doesn't.

Is it a game?